Sacred Places

Designing for Memories

Awe /Beauty

Let’s get personal

What’s your altar?

What’s your altar?

Jefferson

Monticello

The Evolving Campus

The Common

Academic Village

DisproportionalInfluence

(con = “together” + lego = “ I Choose”)College Means:

Heart: Hero’s Quest

Soul: Love

Why sacred?

Sacred:Purpose + Experience = Pathos

Religious – religio (reconnect)

Purpose

Experience

Mood

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When does a space become sacred?

Meaning/Defining Activity

Re-Creation/Impact

Aesthetic/Real

Membership/Self-Awareness

Ethnography

Macro Culture

Hunter Gatherer…..Group

Agriculture…...........Personal Labor

Consumer……………Buying

Knowledge………….Understanding

Age of Paradox……?

Macro Culture

Defining Activity

The Age of Paradox results from the Abolition of Context. Context describes both the collectively defined socioeconomic

system and the rules that define it.

Age of Paradox

Defining Activity

Connectivity

Hunter Gatherer….Tribes

Agriculture…………Family

Consumer…………..Hierarchy

Knowledge…………Networks

Age of Paradox……?

Memberships

Macro Culture

Memberships

Neo-TribesNew Neo-Tribes

Old Neo-Tribes

Hunter Gatherer…Storytelling

Agriculture………..Socializing

Consumer………….Belonging

Knowledge………..Viewing

Age of Paradox…..?

Macro Culture

Re-Creation/Impact

Re-Creation/Impact

Being

Macro Culture

Hunter Gatherer…..Animal Gods

Agriculture………….Nature Gods

Consumer…………...Enlightenment

Knowledge………….Awareness

Age of Paradox…….?

Aesthetic

Aesthetic

Fascination as Inspiration

Where does

this happen?

Ritual

Ritual

Processional

Prospect

Refuge

Types of Sacred Spaces

Ritual or Ceremonial Space : Sacred

Affinity to the organization

Processional or Exploring Space

Gateway

Movement

Movement

Events

Water

Garden

Stone

Art

Prospect-Dominant Sacred Space

Bonding

Refuge – Personal Sacred Space

Reflection

Revealing

CAMPUS OPEN SPACES - SACRED SPACES

Existing campus conditions:There are a variety of Open Space Typologies.

Are we taking full advantage of these landscapes?

Are there other potential open spaces that we could utilize?

Refuge – Personal Sacred

Ritual or Ceremonial Space

Prospect – Dominant Sacred

Processional – Exploring Space

PUBLIC ART / FOCAL ELEMENTS

Potential opportunities include:

• Art

• Donor/Memorial Spaces

• Gathering Spaces

LANDSCAPE HIERARCHY

Where do we focus our dollars and maintenance efforts for maximum effect.

How might this plan evolve with the master plan?

1941

“We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.”

Winston Churchill

Thought Community

Designing for Memories

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible-Jonathan Swift